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COMPARING MAY 1993 WITH MAY 1992, VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED
(+11%).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-44%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-30%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-27%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-26%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-25%).
AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, THE PRICE OF FOOTWEAR RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF 6.8%.
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-8.8%); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (-6.4%).
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2.0% IN MAY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1992.
CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE: LIVE POULTRY; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF
VEGETABLES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 20%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. HOWEVER, DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED
LITTLE CHANGES IN MAY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1992.
AND
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR IRON STEEL; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT
VOLUME OF YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND RAW COTTON.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 27% IN VOLUME IN MAY 1993 A9 COMPARED WITH MAY 1992.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 28%. NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.
COMPARING MAY 1993 WITH MAY 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 2.7% AND 4.8% RESPECTIVELY.
THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 2.9%. THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS MARGINALLY BY 0.5% AND 0.4% RESPECTIVELY.
DECREASED
/THE CHANGES